Informational Text

What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the main idea?

• Who is the main character?

• What is the main event?

• What is one important detail?

• What point is the author trying to make?

help the reader to locate information in the text, printed in large or bold print to make them stand out.

• headings/subheadings

• captions

• titles

• index

What type of text structure is used in this paragraph?

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Description

Inference

• evidence found within a particular text used to support or explain conclusions, opinions, and/or assertions about the text itself

• a conclusion derived from logical reasoning following an investigation of available evidence. Schema & Evidence!

• the unifying concept within an informational text to which other elements and ideas relate

Informational Text is...

• Nonfiction

• Fiction

• Dramatic

• Comedic

What are supporting details/evidence?

• Guesses based on observations.

• Proof which supports a claim or idea.

• Deductions readers make based on the text.

• Inferences readers make based on the text.

Can Informational Text be fictional?

• Maybe

• Yes

• No

• Kinda

What are some things you can do to help you analyze a text?

• Read the text closely

• Reread the text multiple times

• Annotate the text

• Attempt to summarize the text

What genre is an informational text?

• fiction

• non-fictiom

• science fiction

• primary source

Which 3 are examples of informational texts?

• newspaper article

• travel blog post

• short story

• a gardening magazine article

• a Greek myth